**SPECIAL "Red, White, and Blue in, uh, Black and White" JULY 1995 Issue of EINBLATT** JULY 1 (Sat): Minn-STF Meeting. 2:30 pm on, at home of Andre Guirard / 4631 S. 15th Ave. (Mpls). No animals; not childproof; smoking on outside patio only. FFI: 822-4796. 1 (Sat): Minneapa 316 collation. 3 pm, at the Meeting. Copy count 30. FFI: Dean Gahlon at 827-1775. 5 (Wed): North Country Gaylaxians meet at 7 pm at home of Don Kaiser / 5541 Clinton Ave. S. (Mpls). Program: readings by special guest Eleanor Arnason. FFI: 822-5513 or Penny at 729-9015. 6 (Thu): Kerlan Collection (U of M) lecture: Ron Green on Wales & Welsh myth in children's fiction. 2:15 in 109 Walter Library. 8 (Sat): Rivendell Society meets at 1:30 pm at the home of Ruth Berman / 2809 S. Drew Ave. (Mpls). Topic: Peter Dickinson's FLIGHT OF THE DRAGON, Gordon R. Dickson's DRAGON KNIGHT series, and associated videos. FFI: 920-9756, or Dave at 292-8887. 9 (Sun): Diversicon meeting. 2 pm, at home of Joe Agee and Andrew Bertke / 7433 Humboldt Ave. S. (Richfield). Topic: D4 hotel and D3 programming. FFI: Joe at 798-5880 or Jen Wolter at 822-8303. 15 (Sat): WorldBuilding Society. 1 pm at Boomer's Saloon and Deli / 312 Central Ave. S. (Mpls). "Look for the people with the books." Topic: Faster Than Light Travel. FFI: Dan Goodman at 871-5461 or at: dsg@maroon.tc.umn.edu 15 (Sat): Minnesota Imaginative Fiction Writers' Alliance (MIFWA) meeting. 2 pm at Washburn (Mpls Public) Library / 5244 Lyndale Ave. S. Program: Rob Ihinger and Ruth Berman on "Copyright Law." FFI: Eric Heideman at 825-9353. 15 (Sat): Minn-STF Meeting. 2:30 pm on, at home of Polly Peterson / 2807 Irving Ave. N. (Mpls). Cats and dogs on premises; no smoking. FFI: Polly at 522-7178. 15 (Sat): Arcana meeting. 8 pm, at home of Philip J. Rahman / 5116 39th Ave. S. (Mpls). Topic: programming. FFI: 722-6691. 20 (Thu): DreamHaven used book sale (all regular used pbs at 1/2 of 1/2 cover; .50 minimum) runs 20 June through today: 379-8924. 21/23 (F/S/S): Fourth Street Fantasy Convention in Brooklyn Park (information on page two). 30 (Sun): Minicon 31 open meeting. 2 pm, at the Radisson South. Bids to run Minicon 32 are due at or before this meeting; prospective bidders contact a Minicon 31 co-chair and/or Don Bailey or Cat Ocel FFI. Minicon 31 Theme will be voted on. AUG 1 (Tue): Deadline to get information in the August EINBLATT is 7 pm sharp: call Denny at 824-5157 (preferably days earlier..). 2 (Wed): Minn-STF Board of Directors combined July/Aug meeting. 7:30 pm at home of Kay Drache. FFI: 926-7975/any Board member. 3 (Thu): Kerlan Collection lecture: Judy Johnson on fairy godmothers. 2:15 pm in 109 Walter Library (U of MN, Mpls East campus) 5 (Sat): Kris Spiesz moves from 3954 Eliot Ave. S. (Mpls) to: 4733 2nd Ave. S. (Mpls), starting at 9 am. Movers sought; soda, beer, and lunch supplied to same. FFI: Kris at 822-6159. 7 (Sat): Minn-STF Meeting. 2:30 pm on at home of Myrna (Dragon Lady) Logan in Northfield. Directions next time. (507) 645-8716. ********************************************************************************************************************************* Other Ougustings: CJCherryh signs at Uncle Hugo's on 9th and Paul Cornell on 12th; MinnSTF at Bailey/Bratton's 19th; JMVerba on GEnie conference on 20th; TotU #15 due out; EINBLATT deadline 29th; details next time... ********************************************************************************************************************************* JULY BIRTHDAYS: 1: Corwin E. Brust; 2: Neeters Hollister; 3: Jonathan Adams, Dave Crawford; 4: Don Bailey, Kris Spiesz; 5: Laurel Krentz; 14: Lalee Kerr; 15: Kay Roberts; 16: Chuck Holst; 17: Floyd Henderson; 21: Geri Sullivan; 27: Polly Peterson Change of Address: Neil Rest / 511 Congo Street / San Francisco CA 94131-2805 Steve Perry / 931 St. Paul Avenue - #8 / St Paul MN 55116; telephone 698-1965 Minicon 31 Hotel Liason Victor Raymond reports: "NO ROOM IN THE INN." Translation: the Radisson South is already booked solid for Minicon 31 next April. Rooms are still available in overflow hotels Wyndham and Sofitel--so far. Apologies for possible crowding/weird format of this EINBLATT. My printer (an Epson FX-286) appears to have died; as a stopgap I'm using my printer at work for this issue. Anyone local who has a cheap older printer for sale is welcome to contact me at 824-5157.... Prefer a dot matrix printer with a wide carriage like my old one, but whatever... My use is very light. Sharon Kahn's bicycling and hitchiking adventures was the subject of Jim Klobuchar's column in the June 22nd STAR TRIBUNE. Pamela Dean's THE DUBIOUS HILLS is on the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award ballot in "Best Adult Fiction" category. Emma Bull's FINDER and Steven Brust's FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AFTER were #1 and #2 on the June LOCUS Paperback Bestsellers list. Bull and Brust have also finished a collaborative novel, FREEDOM AND NECESSITY, due out next year from Tor. Will Shetterly's newest novel, DOGLAND, is also due out from Tor in 1996; he also has a couple of short stories due out soon. Steven Brust & Megan Lindholm's THE GYPSY now available in cd-rom format on music cd SONGS FROM THE GYPSY by Boiled in Lead (nine songs written by Adam Stemple and Steven Brust). $15.98 at local stores or from Omnium Recordings: (612) 379-0405. The Flash Girls' second cd, "MAURICE AND I," is now out: $15 at local stores; $17 from SteelDragon / Box 7253 / Mpls MN 55407. The Flash Girls now have a WorldWide Web page at: http://sunspot.health.org/flash/flash.html YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: 12th (ed. Dozois) includes in the "Honorable Mention" list "The Lovers" by Eleanor Arnason; "Stronger Than Time" by Patricia C. Wrede; and "Going West," "Original Sin," and "The Valley of the Humans," by Phillip C. Jennings. Eric M. Heideman had a column on sf summer reading recommendations in the June 12th STAR TRIBUNE "Books and Games" section. THE BOY'S TALE (a Sister Frevisse mystery) by "Margaret Frazer" (half of whom is Mary Monica Pulver) is due out around July 10th. Laurel Winter's poem "Sleeping Beauty Revisited" appeared in the August 1995 issue of ASIMOV'S. ********************************************************************************************************************************* * Sympathy to the family and friends of Myrna Logan on the May 20th death of her father, C.D. Cash, * * and to those of Roger Zelazny (1937-1995), who was (among many other things) a local guest of honor * * at a Fourth Street Fantasy Convention and at the 1993 World Fantasy Convention * ********************************************************************************************************************************* CONVENTIONS: LOCAL AND/OR WITH LOCALS AS GUESTS (mostly--LOCUS or me for more details): Fourth Street Fantasy Convention (July 21-23). GoH: Damon Knight and Kate Wilhelm. Northwest Inn (Brooklyn Park). $25 to July 1; $40 at the door. FFI: 4242 Minnehaha Ave. S. / Minneapolis MN 55406 or: 4thst@terrabit.mn.org Confluence (July 28-30). GoH: John Barnes and Kara Dalkey. Mars, PA. $20 to 1 July; then $25. FFI: (412) 344-0456. Diversicon 3 (August 11-13). GoH: L.A. Taylor, Joan Slonczewski. Special Guest: Earl Joseph. Posthumous GoH: H. G. Wells. Holiday Inn Express (St. Paul). $25 ($20 child) to July 15 to: Diversicon 3 / PO Box 8036 / Minneapolis MN 55408. Congenial (Sept. 1-3). GoH: Richard Tucholka, Nate Bucklin. Holiday Inn, Rochelle IL. $23 to August 1. FFI: Congenial Inc. / PO Box 4287 / Lisle IL 60532. MosquitoCon 95 (Sept. 2). GoH: "a pair of Disney animators." National Guard Armory (Roseville). FFI: 454-4925. MadMedia II (Sept. 8-10). GoH: Peter Krause, Gordon Purcell, Glen Proechel, Grace Lee Whitney. Holiday Inn SE, Madison. $20 to August 1; then $30. FFI: PO Box 9873 / Madison WI 53715-9873, or: MadMedia@AOL.COM Ravencon '95 (Sept. 15-17). GoH: Emma Bull, Will Shetterly. Sheraton Park South, Richmond, VA. $15. FFI: (804) 750-1902. Arcana (Sept. 22-24). GoH: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Holiday Inn Bandana Square (St. Paul). $20 to Sept. 1; then $30 at door, to: Arcana / PO Box 8036 / Lake Street Station / Minneapolis MN 55408. (Checks should be made out to "Arcana.") First Contact 2 (Oct. 6-8). GoH: Martin H. Greenberg, Robh Ruppel, William Roper. Milwaukee. $25. FFI: welch@warp.msoe.edu ICON 20 (Oct. 6-8). GoH: Steven Barnes, Phil Hester, Myrna (Dragon Lady) Logan. Best Western/Westfield Inn, Coralville IA. $20 to July 15; then $30. Kids 4-12 half; under 4 free. FFI: PO Box 525 / Iowa City IA 52244; icon@warren.isca.uiowa.edu ValleyCon 20 (Oct. 6-8). GoH: Simon Hawke, Robin Wood, Blair Flegle. Doublewood Inn, Fargo. $10 to 31 Aug. FFI: (701) 281-0806. ReinCONation 5 (Oct. 13-15). GoH: Judith Merril, Andy Hooper. Regency Plaza (downtown Mpls). $20 (or "traditional $19.73") to Labor Day; then $30 at door. Child under 12: $10. One day pass: $15. FFI: ReinCONation / c/o Minnesota Science Fiction Society / PO Box 8297 / Lake Street Station / Minneapolis MN 55408. ConTraception 7 (Oct. 27-29). GoH: Lee Killough, Myrna (Dragon Lady) Logan, Ray Van Tillburg. Howard Johnson East, Independence MO. $12 to July 1; then $15 to Sept. 15; then $20. Adult relaxacon: 21 or older. FFI: Box 1046 / Lee's Summit MO 64063. Orycon 17 (Nov. 10-12). GoH: Joel Rosenberg, Dameon Willich. $25 to 31 Oct. Portland OR. FFI: (503) 283-0552. Arisia '96 (Jan. 12-14, 1996). GoH: Emma Bull, Will Shetterly. Boston Park Plaza. $30 to October 31 to: One Kendall Square-- Suite 322 / Cambridge MA 02139. Chattacon 21 (Jan. 12-14). GoH include Steven Brust. $22 to 30 Nov. Chattanooga TN. FFI: (404) 578-8461. ConamaZoo 4 (March 15-17). GoH: Pamela Dean. Battle Creek, MI. $20 to Feb. 14 to: Box 1546 / Evanston IL 60204-1546. Minicon 31 (April 5-7). Radisson South (Bloomington). More info to follow. Conquest 27 (May 24-26, 1996). GoH include Myrna "Dragon Lady" Logan. Kansas City. More information to follow. ONGOING INFORMATION: Minn-STF Hotline: Provides latest information and accepts messages: (612) 824-5559. Minicon Voice Mail: Accepts messages/questions on upcoming Minicon: (612) 333-7533. Gamesday Players: Board and card gaming almost every Friday evening. FFI: Richard Tatge at 827-3228. Shockwave (and) Sound Effects. Local sf radio shows. Saturdays at 6-6:30/6:30-7 on KFAI-FM (90.3). EINBLATT is also posted (by Dan Goodman) on Usenet groups alt.fandom.misc (and) rec.arts.sf.fandom Local sf/fantasy computer bulletin boards include: Mostly Harmless (Sysop TomKat Keeley) at 943-1506; Terraboard (Sysop: David Dyer-Bennet) at 721-8967; and Fire Opal (Sysyop: Scott Raun) at 822-4812. EINBLATT is a monthly publication of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society, devoted to news of the local sf community. Send such to Denny Lien / 3149 Park Avenue S. / Minneapolis MN 55407-1524, or call me at (612) 824-5157 (home) or (612) 624-0503 (work). I'm also reachable at work at: d-lien@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Internet) or d-lien@uminn1 (Bitnet). Next deadline: 7 pm on August 1st.